Glenn Le Santo
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Glenn Le Santo
@lesanto.bsky.social
"Me? I am nobody"
Writer, photographer, artist and lover of music and vinyl.
Journalist and boater.
Header picture ‘Moorhen’ painted by Laura Andrew at lauraandrew.com
My reggae vinyl sales outlet : https://www.discogs.com/seller/leggorocker/profile
Pinned
I have collected vinyl for decades. I tell people it is my pension, and the best sounding pension anyone could ever have (all true). 🥰
Now, I’m at the age where I begin to cash in that pension.
Hence my little record store on Discogs: www.discogs.com/seller/leggo...
#vinyl #reggae #music
Saturday evening in a roots style
Knowledge - Hail Dread
A Tappa Zukie production
Natty gone outernational - this one was released on a major label.
A&M Records, the same label The Carpenters were signed to ✊🏾🇯🇲
#reggae #music #Jamaica #vinyl
November 15, 2025 at 5:34 PM
Hard to believe now, but once upon a time I did this for a living.
Not only is that me riding that Beemer for the cover shot - but I also edited the entire magazine and wrote many of the tests and features in it.
They were very special times (before #AI) ❤️
#motorcycles #journalism #photography
November 14, 2025 at 3:54 PM
More Sugar Minott sweetness. Still on the Black Roots label. Minott absolutely blasts out his cover of this pop standard on this recording. I love everything about this disk.
#reggae #reggaesky #vinylsky #vinyl #musicsky #Jamaica
November 1, 2025 at 7:30 PM
Saturday Night Jamboree on the Dub Irator label.
Wayne Jarrett sings the A side, and someone called 'Silver Fox' toasts on the flip ahead of the dub finale.
It's a definitive example of how perfect the 12 inch 45 rpm format is for reggae music.
#reggae #reggaesky #vinylsky #vinyl #musicsky #Jamaica
November 1, 2025 at 7:00 PM
Another 12.
Another Sugar Minott masterpiece.
It's called 'Mix Up', and this particular version is on his own Black Roots label
#reggae #reggaesky #vinylsky #vinyl #musicsky #Jamaica
November 1, 2025 at 6:56 PM
Playing this foot-long forty-five by Michael Prophet, produced by Vivian Jackson on the Black Roots label, and reminding myself what an absolute gem this record is.
#music #vinyl #reggae #Jamaica
November 1, 2025 at 6:30 PM
I had an R65LS for many years. Originally owned by my kid brother, I got it with about 20k miles on it. I used it for despatch riding, raising the mileage to 185,000.
I rode it in all seasons through sunshine, rain,
Storms and snow.
Reliable, fun and much missed.
October 27, 2025 at 8:38 AM
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Today is the final day these paintings are on show in London’s Mall Galleries. View them online -
buyart.mallgalleries.org.uk/laura-andrew...
October 25, 2025 at 5:45 AM
Keith Poppin is a marvellous #Jamaican singer, but may be missing from some #reggae vinyl collections.
I have three Keith Poppin LPs, including this one ‘Pop Inn’. It’s finest roots reggae, so don’t be fooled by the title.
‘Envious’ and ‘More of Keith’, the other two LPs, are both superb.
October 7, 2025 at 4:53 PM
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Lots of long-tailed tits in the hedgerows today. Here’s are two artworks depicting these fluff balls, one in watercolour and one in oil.
Both are available framed, please DM for details, or comment below.
www.lauraandrew.com
#lincolnshire #lincolnshirewolds #birds #birdart
August 24, 2025 at 7:19 PM
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PayPal being radio silent over their instant transfers being down 😒
August 23, 2025 at 7:39 PM
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Bullfinch lovers! A selection of available bullfinch paintings & prints currently in my studio ➡️ Some are not on my website so please send me a DM or comment below for more details.
All can be dispatched today and with you by tomorrow… (UK Special Delivery)
August 21, 2025 at 11:58 AM
My first motorcycle, as opposed to moped. In this exact colour. Bought just after my 17th birthday. I wanted an RD250 but my dad forced me to buy his mate’s CB200 because ‘a Honda is more reliable’. It wasn’t, far from it. I even had to pass my test with it stubbornly refusing to select first gear 😡
August 12, 2025 at 5:23 AM
Timeless styling. Doesn’t look in the least bit dated 50 years later.
August 12, 2025 at 5:10 AM
Hot dog utilises the Victorian version of air conditioning (aka Minton Tiles), post park run on a very warm English morning.
#whippet #sighthounds #dogsofbluesky #dogs #Victorian #summer
August 11, 2025 at 8:55 AM
This.
August 10, 2025 at 9:38 AM
There might be some better live albums than ‘Johnny Cash Live at San Quentin’ - but I doubt there’s any with as much atmosphere.
I’ve loved this recording since my mum first played it to me back in 1969.
One of the best things she ever gave me was an appreciation for great music.
#music #country
August 9, 2025 at 12:26 PM
Over the last 24 hours I’ve begun to suspect that there’s a organised and concerted campaign being carried out on BlueSky to ensure that Farage and Reform have no opposition in the next British General Election. Fartrage is possibly behind it, but I suspect Putin is his partner-in-crime here.
August 9, 2025 at 5:25 AM
You’re probably not interested in photos of my dog Stevie (girl). But here’s some anyway.
#dogs #whippets #sighthounds
August 9, 2025 at 5:21 AM
Exactly. They are not getting a budget greater than the most countries spend on their armies just to bully immigrants. This is merely rehearsal for when they are called upon to oppress anyone in America who opposes GOP. They will enforce the cancellation of USA’s democratic elections.
📌ICE is the Brownshirts. This is not a drill.
August 8, 2025 at 7:36 PM
Many Americans refused to vote for the Democrats because they were perceived as supporting genocide.
Q: And how did that work out for them?
A: Exactly how it will work out for us if we make the same mistake - except it will get us Faraged instead of Trumped.
Had some double-sided Labour flyers printed up to give out on the Hell Bus at Green Man festival next week
August 8, 2025 at 11:01 AM
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I prosecute and defend the most serious sexual offences in our courts.

The overwhelming majority of offenders are British-born. Overwhelmingly the victim is someone known to them, either a partner or relative.

Anybody purporting to care about protecting women might start there.
August 4, 2025 at 3:29 PM
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Nothing is worse than being hired to bring positive change at a place that doesn’t want to change. It’s frustrating and depressing. I’ve only been here 4 months and I’m afraid it’s already time to go.
July 29, 2025 at 6:48 PM
Ken Boothe & Lloyd Charmers LP Everything I Own. The Jamaican mix.
No strings on this. Trojan added them for the UK release. Boothe viewed the overdubs as a sign of Trojan’s faith in him.
Faith well placed - in 1974 the title track reached number 1 in the UK charts.
#vinyl #reggae #pirateradio
July 27, 2025 at 9:37 AM
The originals always deliver.
This consignment of top tier early reggae vocals is by the OG himself, Mr Alton Ellis, and is on the famous Coxsone or Studio One label - right where it belongs!
#reggae #vinyl #weekend #tunes #pirateradio
July 26, 2025 at 12:49 PM